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PRIMULA MISTASSINICA. Lesser AMERICAN 
Birp ’s-EYE PRIMROSE. 
EEK EK EEE EEE EE EERE EE 
3 Class and Order. 
Penranpeia Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Primvutacez. Juss. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores subumbellati, involucrati. Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus 
s. 5-dentatus, persistens. Cor. tubulosa, fauce vel nuda 
vel glandulosa, limbo 5-lobo. Caps. apice 10-dentata, 
polysperma. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Primvia* mistassinica ; foliis obovato-spathulatis dentatis 
 subtus scapo calyceque farinosis, involucri foliolis basi 
. gibbosis, corolla laciniis subcuneatis emarginatis tubo 
subdimidio brevioribus. 
Primvuta mistassinica. Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 124. 
Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. \. p. 137, Lehm. Prim. p. 
63.¢.7. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 576. Cham, et 
| Schlecht. in Linnea, v. 1. p. 213. 
Prrmvuza pusilla. Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ. v. 6. p. 322, 
t. 11. f, 22. Hook. Exot. Fl. 0. 1. t. 68. Richardson 
in Frankl. Journ. ed 2. p.21. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 
2.p.575. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2d Ser. t. 5. 
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Descr. Root perennial, fibrous. Leaves spreading, one 
to two, or two and a half inches long, obovato-spathulate, 
tapering into a foot-stalk, the broad part irregularly sagpee 
 eecints 
* So called from its early appearance in the Spring. 
